The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 30, 1950
Waxing Gibbous
96.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:52 PM
5:29 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.3%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 359,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 338
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 157.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.1° / 358.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 04m / -7.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.64° / -0.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.38° / 1.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.49° / 0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.